Quotes About Humanity

And I remembered something else that makes us human: faith, the only weapon in our arsenal to battle doubt.

True compassion does not come from wanting to help out those less fortunate than ourselves but from realizing our kinship with all beings.

Our destiny can be examined, but it cannot be justified or totally explained. We are simply here.

We can learn to see each other and see ourselves in each other and recognize that human beings are more alike than we are unalike.

Compassion is a two way street.

Every age is fed on illusions, lest men should renounce life early and the human race come to an end.

To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own.

It is always good to know, if only in passing, charming human beings. It refreshes one like flowers and woods and clear brooks.

Everybody is special. Everybody. Everybody is a hero, a lover, a fool, a villain. Everybody. Everybody has their story to tell.

We save the world by being alive ourselves.

It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way.

People are the custodians of the world's wealth; if you want them to hand some over to you, you have to be nice to people!

I realize that I'm black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and this is everybody's wish.

If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?

All humanity is one undivided and indivisible family. I cannot detach myself from the wickedest soul.

The line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?

It is obvious that art cannot teach anyone anything, since in four thousand years humanity has learnt nothing at all.

We are flawed creatures, all of us. Some of us think that means we should fix our flaws. But get rid of my flaws and there would be no one left.

Going from PayPal, I thought: 'Well, what are some of the other problems that are likely to most affect the future of humanity?' Not from the perspective, 'What's the best way to make money?'

Science belongs to no one country.

Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them.

Confronted with the impossibility of remaining faithful to one's beliefs, and the equal impossibility of becoming free of them, one can be driven to the most inhuman excesses.

Don't fall for a magic wand, we humans got it all, we perform the miracles.

Art is nothing more than the shadow of humanity.